Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to no sale last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $365.79/cwt on 111 head. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −86.57 against this barn's trailing median of $452.36.

Average price

$365.79

111 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,092

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$330

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$51.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.27

vs KY average

−13.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	572	367.64	2,104	107
Medium and Large 2-3	561	316.26	1,774	4thin

One grade step is worth $51.38/cwt here — about $330 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $514.05, low $359.98, median $452.36 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale111 hd

365.79

—

KY average22 barns · 899 hd

366.06

−0.27

National average153 barns · 8,707 hd

379.13

−13.34

This barn, trailing median31 sales

452.36

−86.57

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,708	204.55	3,493	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,625	169.35	2,752	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,268	158.43	2,009	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,027	143.56	1,475	21

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,340	$2,285	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,505	$2,200	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$2,000	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,140	$1,550	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	840	$1,575	1thin

Every lot, as filed

112 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass South Stockyards (Thursday) - Stanford, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	311.38/cwt	307.50–315.00	1,339	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	526	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,788	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	777	330.81/cwt	322.50–331.00	2,570	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	300.06/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,845	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	334.32/cwt	327.50–342.50	1,748	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	284.54/cwt	270.00–292.50	2,049	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	683	354.77/cwt	345.00–357.50	2,423	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	913	325.70/cwt	325.70–325.70	2,974	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	503	336.24/cwt	335.00–337.50	1,691	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	381.29/cwt	375.00–387.50	1,613	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,944	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,123	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	438	340.06/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,489	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	477	328.37/cwt	300.00–339.00	1,566	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	513	394.15/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,022	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	574	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,966	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	731	322.83/cwt	318.00–330.50	2,360	248
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	706	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,309	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,621	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	627	270.76/cwt	250.00–277.50	1,698	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	831	334.08/cwt	334.00–337.50	2,776	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	572	390.91/cwt	370.00–398.00	2,236	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	373.94/cwt	370.00–382.50	1,739	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,526	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,434	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	605	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,513	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	788	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,844	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	730	250.10/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,826	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	815	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,630	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	676	272.19/cwt	267.50–282.50	1,840	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	667	227.98/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,521	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	358.77/cwt	357.50–360.00	1,363	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	561	316.26/cwt	312.50–325.00	1,774	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	472	344.51/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,626	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	715	261.17/cwt	260.00–262.50	1,867	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	513	315.90/cwt	307.50–320.00	1,621	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	920	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,291	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,625	169.35/cwt	162.00–175.00	2,752	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3Value Added	800–850	831	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,094	48
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,434	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	691	300.84/cwt	281.00–307.50	2,079	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	275.29/cwt	265.00–295.00	1,597	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	965	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,641	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	2,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bulls	—	—	1,791	211.90/cwt	206.00–216.00	3,795	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	162.14/cwt	150.00–180.00	2,051	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	745	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,153	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	569	292.76/cwt	270.00–322.50	1,666	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	990	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,376	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	933	113.52/cwt	113.00–114.00	1,059	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,216	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	154.32/cwt	150.00–163.00	1,650	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,006	139.82/cwt	130.00–147.00	1,407	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,284	137.68/cwt	131.00–145.00	1,768	5
Bulls	—	—	1,591	194.26/cwt	189.00–199.00	3,091	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	627	352.71/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,211	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,947	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	314.03/cwt	310.00–316.00	1,947	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	305.61/cwt	290.00–310.00	2,096	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	353.92/cwt	340.00–364.00	1,653	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	955	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,834	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	884	324.43/cwt	324.25–324.80	2,868	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	763	319.22/cwt	305.00–319.85	2,436	72
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	348.13/cwt	342.50–350.00	2,023	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	220	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	302.92/cwt	290.00–310.00	2,366	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	363.74/cwt	362.50–365.00	1,502	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	618	326.63/cwt	326.50–330.00	2,019	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	262.88/cwt	245.00–267.50	2,150	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	960	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	303.57/cwt	290.00–310.00	2,520	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	324.83/cwt	315.00–329.00	1,994	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	327.13/cwt	320.00–332.50	1,711	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	355.33/cwt	342.50–367.50	1,514	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	356.59/cwt	335.00–367.00	2,082	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	271	431.13/cwt	400.00–445.00	1,168	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	341.29/cwt	330.00–347.50	1,805	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	901	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,559	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	796	288.47/cwt	275.00–289.00	2,296	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	200	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	910	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	405	410.00/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,661	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,340	2,285.00/head	2,285.00–2,285.00	2,285	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,999.58/head	1,950.00–2,050.00	2,000	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	395	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,639	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	295	454.22/cwt	447.50–457.50	1,340	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	313	434.24/cwt	412.50–450.00	1,359	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,505	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	466	396.83/cwt	395.00–402.50	1,849	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	353	402.69/cwt	402.50–403.00	1,421	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	635	359.25/cwt	359.25–359.25	2,281	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	466	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,724	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	330	416.36/cwt	405.00–442.50	1,374	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	658	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,329	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	372	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,562	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	322	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,441	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	429	371.81/cwt	371.00–375.00	1,595	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	261	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,207	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	661	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,479	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	325.55/cwt	312.50–333.00	2,197	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	384.74/cwt	372.50–395.00	1,416	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	150–200	155	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	915	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	700–750	706	361.17/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,550	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	623	381.28/cwt	375.00–383.00	2,375	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	150–200	185	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	897	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	372.26/cwt	362.50–380.00	1,742	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	317.87/cwt	300.00–326.00	1,840	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	223	541.18/cwt	505.00–575.00	1,207	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,234	1

How this sale compares

Kentucky weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Blue Grass South Stockyards (Thursday) - Stanford, KY

Thu Jul 10, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,709Last week 607Year ago 2,277

Slaughter CattleReceipts 103Last week 22Year ago 127

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 0Year ago 0

No comparison due to no sale last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	357.50–360.00	358.77
2	400–450	430	307.50–315.00	311.38
5	450–500	477	300.00–339.00	328.37
1	500–550	540	282.50	282.50
14	550–600	580	265.00–295.00	275.29
1	600–650	605	250.00	250.00
5	650–700	667	220.00–240.00	227.98
2	700–750	730	245.00–255.00	250.10
3	750–800	788	234.00	234.00
1	950–1000	965	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	503	335.00–337.50	336.24
11	550–600	574	342.50	342.50
29	600–650	618	326.50–330.00	326.63
248	700–750	731	318.00–330.50	322.83
72	750–800	763	305.00–319.85	319.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	368	372.50–395.00	384.74
17	400–450	426	342.50–367.50	355.33
23	450–500	467	340.00–364.00	353.92
13	500–550	523	320.00–332.50	327.13
26	550–600	579	300.00–326.00	317.87
6	600–650	620	310.00–316.00	314.03
11	650–700	686	290.00–310.00	305.61
25	750–800	796	275.00–289.00	288.47
5	800–850	818	245.00–267.50	262.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	185	485.00	485.00
1	200–250	200	455.00	455.00
7	250–300	271	400.00–445.00	431.13
3	300–350	330	405.00–442.50	416.36
8	350–400	353	402.50–403.00	402.69
7	400–450	429	371.00–375.00	371.81
3	450–500	466	370.00	370.00
85	600–650	635	359.25	359.25
34	650–700	658	354.00	354.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	337.50	337.50
3	500–550	526	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	513	385.00–400.00	394.15
33	550–600	572	370.00–398.00	390.91
17	600–650	627	340.00–360.00	352.71
22	650–700	683	345.00–357.50	354.77
3	700–750	706	327.00	327.00
43	750–800	777	322.50–331.00	330.81
128	800–850	831	334.00–337.50	334.08
180	850–900	884	324.25–324.80	324.43
124	900–950	913	325.70	325.70
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	337.50	337.50
1	450–500	495	327.50	327.50
4	550–600	561	312.50–325.00	316.26
4	650–700	691	281.00–307.50	300.84
1	700–750	745	289.00	289.00
1	900–950	920	249.00	249.00
1	950–1000	990	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	400.00	400.00
1	300–350	345	395.00	395.00
2	400–450	413	362.50–365.00	363.74
16	450–500	468	362.50–380.00	372.26
9	500–550	529	330.00–347.50	341.29
60	550–600	584	335.00–367.00	356.59
4	600–650	614	315.00–329.00	324.83
11	650–700	675	312.50–333.00	325.55
1	700–750	715	312.50	312.50
17	750–800	781	290.00–310.00	302.92
3	800–850	830	290.00–310.00	303.57
22	900–950	901	284.00	284.00
1	950–1000	960	276.00	276.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	155	590.00	590.00
2	200–250	223	505.00–575.00	541.18
3	250–300	261	462.50	462.50
2	300–350	322	447.50	447.50
4	350–400	372	420.00	420.00
2	400–450	405	405.00–415.00	410.00
4	450–500	466	395.00–402.50	396.83
24	600–650	623	375.00–383.00	381.28
14	650–700	661	375.00	375.00
65	700–750	706	360.00–365.00	361.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	380.00	380.00
2	400–450	423	375.00–387.50	381.29
5	450–500	465	370.00–382.50	373.94
8	500–550	523	327.50–342.50	334.32
4	550–600	581	342.50–350.00	348.13
8	600–650	615	290.00–310.00	300.06
1	650–700	660	295.00	295.00
5	700–750	720	270.00–292.50	284.54
1	750–800	750	283.00	283.00
1	800–850	810	240.00	240.00
1	950–1000	955	192.00	192.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	330.00–350.00	340.06
10	450–500	472	335.00–350.00	344.51
3	500–550	513	307.50–320.00	315.90
5	550–600	569	270.00–322.50	292.76
4	600–650	627	250.00–277.50	270.76
10	650–700	676	267.50–282.50	272.19
3	700–750	715	260.00–262.50	261.17
1	800–850	815	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	295	447.50–457.50	454.22
3	300–350	313	412.50–450.00	434.24
1	350–400	395	415.00	415.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
48	800–850	831	252.00	252.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,625	162.00–175.00	169.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,265	150.00–180.00	162.14
5	—	1,284	131.00–145.00	137.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	933	113.00–114.00	113.52
1	—	965	126.00	126.00
10	—	1,069	150.00–163.00	154.32
8	—	1,006	130.00–147.00	139.82
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,791	206.00–216.00	211.90
5	—	1,591	189.00–199.00	194.26

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,145	179.00	179.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,140	1,550.00	1,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,340	2,285.00	2,285.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,200	1,950.00–2,050.00	1,999.58
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,505	2,200.00	2,200.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	840	1,575.00	1,575.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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